Collar-pad holder.



G. P. MATHERS.

COLLAR PAD HOLDER.

APPLIoAmIoN FILED 00T. 24, 1901.

Ptented ont Witnesses.-

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GEORGE P. MATHERS, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COLLAR-PAD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

T o all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P, MATHERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Pad Holders,of which the following is a specilication. l

My invention relates to means for holding collar pads, the object beingto provide a device of this character which will be etli- .cient, safeand durable in use and convenient to apply to and remove from theharness. My invention consists in the details of construction andarrangement of parts as will hereinafter be more fully described andclaimed.

In the drawing: Figure l is a perspective kview of the collar padprovided with a device embodying my invention. F igs. 2 and, Y3 aredetails of the hook and plate. Fig. 4

forms two roll embracing and hame underlying members 2 and 3,'the rollembracing parts of which curve under the roll of the Acollar 4 on theside adjacent yto the hame f Y where they embrace said roll and the hameunderlying` parts of which extend from the roll embracing parts, wherethey curve under the roll and are joined at their terminations by amember 5 extending from the terminati on of each toward the terminationof the other. These hame underlying parts are of such shape that whenthe roll embracing parts closely embrace the roll of the collar andcurve under it, the hame underlying parts will lie closely against thesurface of the collar and receive the hame 6, thus constituting meansfor maintaining the collar pad holder eii'ectually in position. On theside of the roll, away from the hame 6, each of the roll embracing partsis provided with a member 7 a and 7b extending from its terminationtoward the termination of the other roll embracing part, which members 7a and 7b are adapted to form a pivotal connection with the collar pad,being secured in a recess 8 in the plate 9, which plate 9 is providedwith openngs 10 and l1 through which rivets may pass to fasten the plate9 to the collar pad l2.

As illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the members which form the pivotalconnection with the collar pad extend from the trminations of the rollembracing parts ofthe members 2 and 3, respectively, toward each otherand may be pivoted in the recess 8 of the plate 9a, which isr providedwith openings l() and 1l for riveting, but which is also provided withan opening 13 while the members 7a and 7b are provided with upwardlybent ends to extend intothe opening 13 in the plate 9a. rihusconstructed, the members 7a and 7b are prevented from lateraldisengagement from within the recess 8 and serve efficiently to maintainthe relative positions of the roll embracing and hame underlying members4of the hook. The rivets 14 which are used to secure the plate 9al tothe collar preferably have broad fiat heads, as is best illustrated inFig. 6 of the drawing. It is essential that the roll embracing and hameunderlying members 2 and 3 of the hook l be parallel to each otherthroughout their extent in orderthat the simple eiectiveness, which isthe object of my invention, shall be attained. Thesemembers 2 and 3,thus extending parallel to each other indirectly from their beginningwhere they join with the pivot torming member around the roll of thecollar 4 closely embracing it continuous to the point `where they curveunder the roll and thus comprise a means for grasping the roll due totheresiliency of the wire of which they are formed,l and the hameunderlying parts extending from this point where the roll. embracingparts curve under the roll in a direction continuous with that of thedirection in which the roll embraces the parts curve around the roll toclosely embrace it, and these hame underlying parts thus also beingparallel to each other, the simplicity of construction of the device ismaintained, while at the same time, the effectiveness of its operationis not decreased as it would be were the members 2 and 3 divergent andagain convergent at any point which would result in a yielding of theirparts with respect to each other. The prevention of such yielding of theparts with respect to each other is highly desirable, since one of theimportant functions of a collar pad holder is to prevent movement of thepart with respect to the collar, and which movement can only be prewidthto the holder must be rigid with respect to each other since it will beunderstood that any yielding of the one relative to the other willresult in displacement of the holder from its clamping engagement withthe roll lengthwise thereof.

For preventing the disengagement of the holder from the roll by itsswinging about its pivotal connection with the collar pad, theengagement of the hame 6 with the haine underlying part thereof issufiicient when the harnessing has been completed but it is for thetemporary holding of the holder in its roll embracing position that itis curved under on the side adjacent to the hame. This rconstructionallows the holder to immediately clamp against the roll and remain inposition until 'the haine 6 is applied. Then, when it is desired tounharness after the ham'e 6 is removed the roll embracing part yof theholder may be conveniently diseir gaged from its clamping position withits parts curved under the roll by placing the thumb on the roll betweenthe members 2 and 3 and engaging the fingers with the hainev underlyingparts and the junction member 5 to raise the hook and overcome thepressure due to its resiliency which tends to maintain it in clamping'position. The hook thus constructed without anv superftuous bends andits members being parallel to each other throughout their extent, thetwo spaced apart members thus parallel to each other are caused to actinthe same manner as if they were integral so far as their. yielding .todisengage from the roll of the collar is concerned. Thus, aside from thesimplicity and constant economy of construction, all the wabbling andunequal strains on the parts of the hook are avoided rendering the hookitself more durable than if it were provided with a number of bends notuniform with each other and consequently tending to cause unequalbending of the diii'erent parts of the hook when it is being applied andremoved from the collar. This simple arrangement of the spaced apartmembers of the hook in conjunction with the permanently alined pivotalconnection of the hook with the pad is productive of increased ease ofoperation in removal and application, increased effectiveness in use andincreased durability both of the holder itself and of the part to whichit is attached.

In view of this, what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

A collar pad clamp comprising in combination, a resilient wire formedwith a pair of parallel clamp members, and a pair of parallel transversemembers joining the extremities of said clamp members and 1naintainingthem in spaced relation, one of said transverse members comprising theinwardly turning ends of said resilient wire and the extremities thereofbein" upwardlv turned and vcontinuously placed, said clamp members eachcomprising a portion shaped to conform to the shape of a collar roll andterminating in an undershot bend which necessitates said resilientportion being snapped over said roll and then continuing in a relativelvstraight portion which is adapted to lie against the collar and underliethe haines, and a grooved fastening plate overlying said last namedtransverse member and havinn a central aperture to receive said upturneextremities of said transverse member whereby to lock said clamp in saidfastening plate.

GEORGE P. MATHERS.

Witnesses:

JAMES N. RAMSEY, CLARENCE PERDEW.

